Attorney General Scott Pruitt called for the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw the currently proposed “waters of the United States” rule and replace it with a common-sense alternative.
Attorney General Pruitt submitted a comment letter on the proposed rule of the EPA and Corps of Engineers to expand the definition of the “waters of the United States” that are navigable and therefore fall under regulation of those agencies.
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the hotly contested issue of gay marriage, a surprise move that will allow gay men and women to marry in five states where same-sex weddings were previously banned.
By rejecting appeals in cases involving Virginia, Oklahoma, Utah, Wisconsin and Indiana, the court left intact lower-court rulings that struck down bans in those states. Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) declared the decision “judicial gymnastics” and Governor Mary Fallin noting, over 75 percent of Oklahoma voters define marriage as union between one man and one woman
Parchin satellite image – JP file, source: Reuters
Two people died in an explosion that ripped through an explosive material production unit at a nuclear facility near Tehran, according to Iranian press reports on Monday followed by The Jerusalem Post.
The incident occurred at the Parchin military compound, not far from the Iranian capital, according to the Iranian Students News Agency. The BBC also said Monday that a pro-opposition website was reporting an explosion at the site.
The BBC cited the pro-reform website Sahamnews as saying that the explosion on Sunday evening was “so intense that windows of buildings 15 km (nine miles) away were shattered.”
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Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
CNSNews.com reporter Zoey DiMauro in an interview Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) documented his position that any distinction between illegal immigrants and those who obey U.S. laws and enter the country legally “doesn’t exist.”
DiMauro asked the Arizona Democrat, who supports a movement by a growing number of churches to provide sanctuary for illegal aliens facing deportation, what he would say to those who entered the U.S. legally.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt hailed the state’s victory in its lawsuit challenging the implementation of the Affordable Care Act saying, “Today’s ruling is a consequential victory for the Rule of Law. The administration and its bureaucrats in the IRS handed out billions in illegal tax credits and subsidies and vastly expanded the reach of the health care law because they didn’t like the way Congress wrote the Affordable Care Act. That’s not how our system of government works.”
Governor Fallin agreed saying, “For years, I have argued that Obamacare represents bad policy, irresponsible spending, an outrageous expansion of federal authority into the private sector, and unconstitutional law. Since 2012, the state of Oklahoma has been fighting the implementation of the ACA, both to protect our citizens from the negative effects of this law – including devastating cuts to Medicare — and to stand up for Constitutional principles.